1962 FILA Wrestling World Championships

The 1962 FILA Wrestling World Championships
FILA Wrestling World Championships
FILA Wrestling World Championships is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles . The men's Greco-Roman tournament began in 1904...

were held in Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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, United States

United States

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Medal table

1		6	4	1	11
2		3	1	5	9
3		2	2	1	5
4	Iran	2	2	0	4
5		2	0	1	3
6	Bulgaria	1	4	0	5
7		0	1	1	2
8		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
10		0	0	3	3
		0	0	3	3
12	Egypt	0	0	1	1

Freestyle

52 kg	Ali Aliev	Noriyuki Harada	Satilmis Tektas
57 kg	Huseyin Akbas	Masaki Hatta	Janos Varga János Varga János Varga is a Hungarian wrestler and both Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...
63 kg	Osamu Watanabe Osamu Watanabe is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling. Born in 1940, he attended Chuo University during a time when they were viewed as one of Japan's dominant collegiate wrestling programs....	Mohammad Khadem	Ewald Tauer
70 kg	Enyu Valchev Enyu Valchev Enyu Valchev Dimov is a former freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria.He is Olympic games champion , World champion and two time champion of Europe.He was born in Polski Gradec, Stara Zagora Province.-External links:*...	Robert Dzhganadze	Osvaldo Ferrari
78 kg	Imam-Ali Habibi Imam-Ali Habibi Emam-Ali Habibi Goudarzi is an Iranian wrestler who competed in Freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics.Habibi also took 4th at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, losing one of his matches by fall to Douglas Blubaugh of the United States...	Petko Dermendzhiev	James Ferguson
87 kg	Mansour Mehdizadeh	Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Middleweight class and a trainer...	Shunichi Kawano
97 kg	Alexander Medved Alexander Medved Alexander Vasiliyevich Medved is a famous Soviet/Russian Belarussian wrestler. He is considered by most to be the best freestyle wrestler of all time. He was the first person ever to win three gold medals in freestyle wrestling. FILA recognizes Medved as The Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century...	Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti Gholamreza Takhti is the most famous wrestler in Iranian history. He was most famous for his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship, and he continues to symbolize the essence of sport to the Iranian people.- Early life :...	Daniel Brand Daniel Brand Daniel Oliver Brand is a retired American wrestler. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was an All-America selection in 1958....
+97 kg	Alexander Ivanytsky	Lyutvi Ahmedov	Wilfried Dietrich Wilfried Dietrich Wilfried Dietrich was a German wrestler, Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, winner of a total of five Olympic medals, World Champion in freestyle wrestling, and European Champion.He was born in Schifferstadt and died in Durbanville, South...

Greco-Roman

52 kg	Sergey Rybalko	Ignazio Fabra Ignazio Fabra Ignazio Fabra is an Italian wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.He was born in Palermo and died in Genoa.-Olympics:...	Burhan Bozkurt
57 kg	Masamitsu Ichiguchi Masamitsu Ichiguchi is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:Ichiguchi competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.-References:...	Amari Egadze	Kamel Ali Sayed
63 kg	Imre Polyák Imre Polyák Imre Polyák was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Career:...	Konstantin Vyrupayev Konstantin Vyrupayev Konstantin Vyrupayev is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a bronze medal in the featherweight class.-References:...	Riza Dogan
70 kg	Kazim Ayvaz Kazim Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became twice World champion....	Stevan Horvat	James Burke
78 kg	Anatoly Kolesov	Bjarne Ansboel	Yavuz Selekman
87 kg	Tevfik Kis Tevfik Kis Tevfik Kış is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.Born 1934 in Pelitçik village of Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began 1956 wrestling...	Krali Bimbalov	Anatoly Kirov
97 kg	Rostom Abachidze	Boyan Radev Boyan Radev Boyan Radev is a former Greco Roman wrestler from Bulgaria.He is two-time Olympic Games champion and one-time champion of the world.-External links:*...	Ismet Atli Ismet Atli İsmet Atlı , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics....
+97 kg	Istvan Kozma István Kozma (wrestler) István Kozma is a Hungarian wrestler, Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...	Anatoly Roshin	Wilfried Dietrich Wilfried Dietrich Wilfried Dietrich was a German wrestler, Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, winner of a total of five Olympic medals, World Champion in freestyle wrestling, and European Champion.He was born in Schifferstadt and died in Durbanville, South...

Medal table

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

See also